Suspension for non payment

I would explain to them what happened and if you have any paperwork from it show them if they ask. Being the ticket was 5 years ago and if your MVR has been clean since that time I think you will be ok.

 

A suspension and 3 speeding violations are not what I would concider 'a pretty clean driving record'. How long ago was the most recent violation? Be honest when applying but realize they may feel you are too much a risk.

-SgailDreugan

 

Dont feel too upset... I still owe the City of Jacksonville $6.00.

 

Oh you criminal you! How can you sleep at night?

 

I had gotten a speeding ticket in North Carolina back in 1989. The trooper who pulled me over saw my license was from California asked me "how much money you got boy?" lol

Long story short I went to their traffic court, paid the fine and it was all settled, I thought. Several months later I got a refund back from the state for the fine fee and a letter stating that the state of North Carolina had revoked my driving privileges for life.

Fast forward 21 years and I'm in trucking school and the instructor told us to have all our states' tickets etc paid up before we go to the DMV. I called NC and paid a little $50 fine and they reinstated my driving privileges for their state.

I never said anything about it on driving applications for employment and evidently it never showed up in background checks because here I am driving.

 

I have pretty much the same thing in my past. Got a ticket and paid my fine. The county I was in had this deal where it was a lower fine if you paid within two weeks, so I paid it with plenty of time to spare. They took so long to process it that it was past the two weeks by the time they got to it. They refused the fine, because it was now not enough money, and they took so long to notify me, it went past the 30 days it becoming a non-payment resulting in a suspension of my license. I actually got the suspension notice before I was notified that my fine was refused. Paid some money and had me license reinstated the next day.

I have never seen any record of this on my driving record.

Sucks that I have been putting this on applications for the past ten years, because they ask, "has your license EVER been suspended." For the reason I put either "clerical error" or "slow processing by county court", which makes little enough sense that I get asked about it if I don't get the chance to bring it up first. Once I tell them my story, I have never had a company that seemed even the slightest bit concerned, and they typically seem relieved that it's not due to anything they consider unsafe.

The trick is to bring it up as soon as possible, and be upfront as much as you can. This, and many other things, will be insignificant if they know about them from the beginning, but will become a very big deal if they find out later.